A popular website experienced an unexpected outage yesterday evening, leaving thousands of users unable to access its services. The issue was caused by a surge in traffic, which triggered the site’s rate limiting mechanism and resulted in a “429 Too Many Requests” error message.
The website’s administrators were quick to respond to the issue, working to resolve the problem and restore normal service as soon as possible. After identifying the root cause of the issue, they implemented measures to prevent similar problems from arising in the future.
While the exact details of the incident are still under investigation, it is clear that the website was overwhelmed by an unprecedented volume of traffic, leading to the outage. The administrators’ swift response and proactive measures to address the issue will likely help minimize the impact on users and prevent similar problems from occurring in the future.
Source: https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/2025-mlb-mock-draft-predicting-every-first-round-pick-as-lsu-pitcher-goes-no-1-ethan-holliday-in-top-five